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Winter........ an old English name for the dormouse is 'the sleeper'; it is the only British rodent which hibernates, and it does this from about mid-October until April or May. Before hibernation, a dormouse eats as much as it can in order to build up a fat store.
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The fat dormouse got its name by eating a lot before going into hibernation. The dormouse is an omnivore, and feeds on apples, pears, plums, grapes, seeds, berries, nuts, insects, and sometimes birds eggs. As autumn approaches the dormouse eats more to have fat and energy for hibernation.
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www.blueplanetbiomes.org/fat_dormouse.htm
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The dormouse eats hazelnuts, acorns, beechmast, bark, shoots, flowers, berries and other vegetation (and some insects). Particularly important components of its habitat (for food and shelter) are: hazel, oak, honeysuckle and bramble.
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I’m starting a new ESL class tomorrow. In a bid to find some interesting ice breakers I searched t’internet and have found a couple I look forward to trying out. One of them might well be fun – put the students into pairs. ... About Dormouse...
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A Guide to the The Woodland Dormouse - Graphiurus murinus found in Southern Africa ... Its diet consists of plants (mainly grass seeds) and insects, the latter including termites, earwigs and dead bees, and it sometimes eats eggs and nestlings. The woodland dormouse's litter consists of three to four young, born in summer.
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www.ecotravel.co.za/Guides/Wildlife/Vertebrates/Mammals/Smaller/Woodland_Dormouse.htm
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The shells on the wood floor may be brown and bullet hard, but the dormouse eats them when they are green and ripe on the trees. "At that stage the shell is so soft you could almost scrape it apart with your finger nails," Morris says.
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Dormouse facts ... Common dormouse ... What eats the dormo...
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The fat dormouse (Glis glis) was introduced to Britain in 1902. The species is still confined to a relatively restricted area. Its legal status is confused, being both legally protected, but at the same time an ... The Japanese dormouse eats bark, pollen and insects. It sometimes saved food as food-cache in autumn.
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Hazelnut with dormouse bitemarks ... A hazelnut with dormouse teethmarks was discovered by the dead body ... The only creatures the dormouse eats are insects, he'd have to be very hungry to munch a woodpigeon!
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